Gears of war has a very unearned reputation as a meathead shooter, when in fact it has some of the best characters and story of any game series in the last few decades
-I would say you should wait until after you play 1, 2, and 3 before watching the trailers for 4 and 5. -the games can be a little emotional sometimes but very well worth it. I think you will love these games.
Very glad that I didn't watch those, then 😂 I had a feeling it would be similar to Mass Effect 4 trailer where it would reveal something super obvious.
Any info about 4 and 5 would definitely spoil the big moments and conclusions of the trilogy. Start at Gears 1, then do 2 and 3 @@MegMage. They can be very difficult so don't let anyone make you feel bad if you want to use a more casual/standard difficultly to work through the story in a timely manner.
@@pricefieldx I think it's useful to classify 1-3 as the first arc as it were, and then the games proceeding it, the second arc. Well... not counting the new announcement 👀
Fun Fact: The Gears of War "Mad World" trailer was directed by Joseph Kosinski, who went on to direct Tron: Legacy, Oblivion, Only the Brave, and Top Gun: Maverick. Also, the bodies found in the setting for the Gears of War 3 "Ashes to Ashes" trailer was a result of the Hammer of Dawn strikes. Basically, the Hammer of Dawn is what happens if satellites with lasers, the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Mount Vesuvius eruption had a baby.
I found gears of war to have one of the more human and sensitive depictions of the effects of war. Yes, it is a shooter and has its typical video game aspects, but the characters are phenomenal and their journey through war and loss is portrayed wonderfully, with sensitivity and thoughtfulness. I do think this is the best game series. I’ve played on the Xbox, and I say that as one who has thoroughly enjoyed Halo as well.
OMFG!!! Dude! The books fill the gaps between the games and they’re written so freaking well. They’re on audible and I’ve listened to them all over and over again. Karen Travis is the goat! She orchestrated the whole series between the books and games so everything is seamless.
I just replayed them recently on my xbox series S. Amazing games ahead of their time. They are inspiration for modern third person shooters with the cover system. Expecially mass effect is highly inspired from them.
Gears of War has a particular bit of nostalgia for me, it was when the xbox 360 first came out and I hadn't really gotten into gaming yet but I found it so fun to play with my brother and later with my friend in gears of war 3 when we were finally allowed to have sleep overs
Gears is honestly one of my all-time faves, recently started re-reading the books for it so this is perfectly timed You're gonna have a blast and you WILL cry A LOT
Rocky look like a bros and dude movie series. When it will leave you in tears. Gears looks like a dumb eun and shoot. When it will tear out your heart just to ask you to put it back in and keep fighting.
This is such a treat, seeing someones first experience with gears is such an amazing thing. I cannot reccomend these games enough. If you love halo you will love these games i promise
The original Gears trilogy is such a special series of games that I hold near and dear to my heart and I love seeing the amount of people becoming interested in the franchise again. I HIGHLY recommend you play it for the channel because it is a crazy ride for sure
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is a remaster of the first Gears of War. Play that and then Gears of War 2 & 3. There's also a spin-off prequel called Judgement, and Gears 4 and 5 which are made by a different studio. The recently announced game was Gears of War E-Day, another prequel.
I hope you play these games with Caleb. Gears of War is a story about brotherhood, and it’s best experienced with two players. That said, playing solo also works perfectly
Theres also a trailer for Gears 1. You missed that one but it also serves as an intro for the first Gears if you remain on the title screen for like a minute or more if you're planning on playing this.
It's pretty wild in a sense that Microsoft had not one but two "last legs lf humanitg V. aliens" franchises and both of them has weirdly compelling worlds built under their dumb 2000s shooter surfaces. Gears is the less timeless of the two but there's something charming about it's 2000s grimdark excess.
So the prequel is coming out, and it gonna be good, but if you wanna start the game, you can play 1-3. It would be good to know how the game plays and they have remake of gear one if you wanna see cutscene
The Gears series is very violent and brutal with a heavy focus on its kinetic gameplay. The first game is very gameplay focused over the story, which still had its moments. It was made to help Xbox get off the ground back in the day and rapidly grew to become a massive franchise later on. The second and third games are much more focused on the story while retaining the brutal identity of the first, alongside the iconic marketing. Similar to Halo, after the main entries to the series it was passed from the original creators to another studio, and further titles were made. The majority of fans, including myself, still hail the original trilogy as the best of the series, much like many Halo fans for their series. BE ADVISED: THE TRAILERS FOR THE NEWER TITLES CONTAIN TONS OF SPOILERS FOR THE EARLIER TITLES. Excellent instincts to not watch them. Many gamers grew up playing these games and have many fond memories of them. I argue that they are a MUST PLAY if you own an Xbox. The gameplay defined cover-based shooters ever since, and though it may take time to get used to, feels amazing once you master it. I am sure many would be excited to share their experiences of this series with you through a playthrough.
I’m replaying them for the umpteenth time. It’s my favorite Xbox franchise, and my favorite gaming universe. It’s story heartly complex, and oddly realistic. Have fun!
Gears of War is what many think of when they think dude bro gaming. And to an extent, they're right. It's blowing things up to a great soundtrack with a bunch of jacked men in power tank tops. But it's also probably the staunchest anti war game I've ever played and if you were alive for the Iraq war's early days, the messages will ring and feel similarly horrific. It's a real feels game.
Yes Queeeeeeen! So excited for this! ❤ Recommend playing them in order ( Just buy Xbox Gamepass, waaaaay cheaper to play them all ) - Gears of War 1 ( Remastered edition ) - Gears of War 2 - Gears of War 3 - Gears of War Judgement - Gears of War 4 - Gears 5 - Gears of War E- DAY ( Coming Soon ) - Bonus game - Gears Tactics
So funny, i've seen the first trailer about a 1000 times, and everytime at the end of the first trailer, i still get chills. What an amazing trailer and series.
You will love gears of war i promise you! If you love halo you will love this, its a little more action packed and emotionally intense then halo but believe you me you will enjoy this game. 😊
Gears and Halo was peak-men learning about masculinity and emotions at the same time. Sacrifice and Love. It’s so good for people to have art at the right time. It’s almost lost now.
@MegMage the Gears franchise is definitely worth playing. It is the other big title on Xbox along with the Halo franchise. With just as many games. 1, 2, 3, judgement including the aftermath champagne, Tactics, 4, and 5.
This is one of the classics. TH-cam recommended you from similar suggestions, but I can say without a doubt this is a great series. It has it's own unique art style, characters, and story which really raises some questions along the way. I would start right off from the original Gears of War and go from there. The story through the series kind of expects you to have started from the beginning to understand where it's at; though I'm not sure about five and onward. Every now and then I go back to play just to experience this era of gaming, along with Halo and some others. I would say this was some of the foundation laid for the early xbox days.
I just finished replaying this franchise and i forgot all the emotions, its a great franchise, personally 2 was the best imo . You will be hooked imo more than halo (and thats hard to say since ive read all 30 of halos novels and games)
Gears of war universe is in my top 3 favorite Shooter games With Halo And Mass effect universes these games were the reason I got a Xbox when they came out on the console
Gears of War 2 is my favorite game of all time, but the whole original trilogy is amazing! I would also recommend playing them in order because their stories are connected, and you would lack context if you started with 2 or 3.
You can see how close the Halo and Gears of War trailers how they don't tell you much to anything that us happing and the only way you can get your answers is to play the game😂
I've been waiting for this yesssssss Play 1-2-3-judgement then play 4-5 then once you finish then watch the trailer for Gears of War Eday, also if you want another fun series to play have a look at the Darksiders games :)
Just revisted the series for the first time in over 10 years. I forgot how much I love the world and characters. Other series you should try is Metal Gear Solid and Alan Wake.
Gears of war E-Day is the start of the war between the Locust and humanity. It’s supposed to be Day one when a lot of details about that day are kinda 50/50 on what went on. At least I what I remember isn’t too well known. Did you know the gears of war was inspired by a break up one of the devs had. My favorite part of gears of war, is that you can use downed enemies as meat shields. lol
Crazy excited to see you play this, deffo one of my favourite game series! It's a basic 3rd person cover based shooter with some of the richest and most beautiful story elements. You're gonna have a blast I'm sure. Good call stopping at gears 3 trailer, major spoilers ahead
I'm so glad to hear your friend is sending you an Xbox one so you can play Halo 5! I would say to help the story make more sense you need to watch the Halo 4 Spartan Ops cutscenes.
Gears of War is still one of the best Xbox 360 trilogies in gaming history.
agreed, 100%
One of the best trilogies in all of gaming
Hands down
I haven’t had an Xbox in yrs, but I definitely agree!
one of the best trilogies period
Gears of war has a very unearned reputation as a meathead shooter, when in fact it has some of the best characters and story of any game series in the last few decades
I mean, Dom alone right?
@@cnett486 Man just seeing that name tugs right at the feels. That man went through it.
Gears 1-3 is an Experience.
FACTS
the dark, hopeless and gritty atmosphere really sold it for me
-I would say you should wait until after you play 1, 2, and 3 before watching the trailers for 4 and 5.
-the games can be a little emotional sometimes but very well worth it. I think you will love these games.
Very glad that I didn't watch those, then 😂 I had a feeling it would be similar to Mass Effect 4 trailer where it would reveal something super obvious.
Any info about 4 and 5 would definitely spoil the big moments and conclusions of the trilogy. Start at Gears 1, then do 2 and 3 @@MegMage. They can be very difficult so don't let anyone make you feel bad if you want to use a more casual/standard difficultly to work through the story in a timely manner.
@@MegMage for context no spoilers 1-3 can basically be treated as a complete trilogy similar to star wars with the original and sequels
@@pricefieldx I think it's useful to classify 1-3 as the first arc as it were, and then the games proceeding it, the second arc.
Well... not counting the new announcement 👀
💯💯💯💯💯
Fun Fact: The Gears of War "Mad World" trailer was directed by Joseph Kosinski, who went on to direct Tron: Legacy, Oblivion, Only the Brave, and Top Gun: Maverick.
Also, the bodies found in the setting for the Gears of War 3 "Ashes to Ashes" trailer was a result of the Hammer of Dawn strikes. Basically, the Hammer of Dawn is what happens if satellites with lasers, the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Mount Vesuvius eruption had a baby.
BITTER LMAO that is a PERFECT description of Marcus Fenix he’s awesome the way he is tho you’ll love him and the gang just wait 😂😂😂
I found gears of war to have one of the more human and sensitive depictions of the effects of war. Yes, it is a shooter and has its typical video game aspects, but the characters are phenomenal and their journey through war and loss is portrayed wonderfully, with sensitivity and thoughtfulness. I do think this is the best game series. I’ve played on the Xbox, and I say that as one who has thoroughly enjoyed Halo as well.
Gears of War is one of the best videogame sagas there is
1-3 Are masterpieces
OMFG!!! Dude! The books fill the gaps between the games and they’re written so freaking well. They’re on audible and I’ve listened to them all over and over again. Karen Travis is the goat! She orchestrated the whole series between the books and games so everything is seamless.
@4:50 "What kind of bomb..."
- Not a bomb... *A HAMMER.*
Of dawn
😭
You’re going to love the characters in this game Meg! Play them in release order!
You're gonna love the black guy August Cole #83 THE COLE TRAIN! WHOO!
CANT STOP THE COLE TRAIN, BOOM BABAY
*The Cole Train Runs on Whole Grains Baby WHOOOOO*
😅😂
I like my guns how i like my woman BIG AND LOUD WHOO
Literally my favourite shooter, also literally made me cry big boy tears🥺
Also definitely recommend playing in order of release if you decide to give it a shot, it's a pretty linear timeline of events from each title.
The story of these games is soooo good and sooo compelling
I grew up with these games and Halo. Pretty much my favorites from the X Box 360 era ⚙️
I just replayed them recently on my xbox series S. Amazing games ahead of their time. They are inspiration for modern third person shooters with the cover system. Expecially mass effect is highly inspired from them.
honestly would love to see a playthrough of Gears of War 1-3, It's an experience
Gears of War has a particular bit of nostalgia for me, it was when the xbox 360 first came out and I hadn't really gotten into gaming yet but I found it so fun to play with my brother and later with my friend in gears of war 3 when we were finally allowed to have sleep overs
Meg gonna play Gears! I’m so ready for this one
Gears is honestly one of my all-time faves, recently started re-reading the books for it so this is perfectly timed
You're gonna have a blast and you WILL cry
A LOT
This might become one of your favourite franchises/story, you’ll love it.
"It looks very emotional"
*"NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD END LIKE THIS, HUH? HUH, MARIA?"*
One of the best trilogies of all time. Very underrated!
Please please please please please please PLEEEEEEAAAAASE play this series. Its so good.
Rocky look like a bros and dude movie series. When it will leave you in tears.
Gears looks like a dumb eun and shoot. When it will tear out your heart just to ask you to put it back in and keep fighting.
Bro. You HAVE to play the trilogy and i HAVE to see your reactions 😭😭😭
Oh you are in for it
Watching you play halo, I thought to myself
“Ughhh she would love Gears of War!”
If you decide to play my favorite franchise, I can't wait!
This is such a treat, seeing someones first experience with gears is such an amazing thing. I cannot reccomend these games enough. If you love halo you will love these games i promise
The original Gears trilogy is such a special series of games that I hold near and dear to my heart and I love seeing the amount of people becoming interested in the franchise again. I HIGHLY recommend you play it for the channel because it is a crazy ride for sure
I think I speak for everyone, when I tell you to play them. you will not regret. It's one of the best Xbox stories.
I’ve been looking forward to this
This trilogy is a masterpiece. 💯
I am so excited for you to start this franchise! I am an Xbox girlie to my core. Watching people experience xbox at its best is always a treat!
Can’t wait to watch you play this incredible franchise
Yay Gears of War!!
Rendezvous of Death trailer is my fav Gears trailer. Glad it wasnt skipped over
1-3 is my favourite gaming trilogy alongside the mass effect trilogy
Gears 2 was the first video game that made me cry.
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is a remaster of the first Gears of War. Play that and then Gears of War 2 & 3. There's also a spin-off prequel called Judgement, and Gears 4 and 5 which are made by a different studio. The recently announced game was Gears of War E-Day, another prequel.
Man Gears of War franchise really went so hard with their trailers. Gave me goosebumps seeing them again after all these years. I’m 31 now.
I hope you play these games with Caleb. Gears of War is a story about brotherhood, and it’s best experienced with two players. That said, playing solo also works perfectly
Theres also a trailer for Gears 1. You missed that one but it also serves as an intro for the first Gears if you remain on the title screen for like a minute or more if you're planning on playing this.
Oh, you will adore it…
It's pretty wild in a sense that Microsoft had not one but two "last legs lf humanitg V. aliens" franchises and both of them has weirdly compelling worlds built under their dumb 2000s shooter surfaces.
Gears is the less timeless of the two but there's something charming about it's 2000s grimdark excess.
So the prequel is coming out, and it gonna be good, but if you wanna start the game, you can play 1-3. It would be good to know how the game plays and they have remake of gear one if you wanna see cutscene
Gears of War was a generation defining trilogy for the Xbox 360.
The Gears series is very violent and brutal with a heavy focus on its kinetic gameplay. The first game is very gameplay focused over the story, which still had its moments. It was made to help Xbox get off the ground back in the day and rapidly grew to become a massive franchise later on. The second and third games are much more focused on the story while retaining the brutal identity of the first, alongside the iconic marketing.
Similar to Halo, after the main entries to the series it was passed from the original creators to another studio, and further titles were made. The majority of fans, including myself, still hail the original trilogy as the best of the series, much like many Halo fans for their series.
BE ADVISED: THE TRAILERS FOR THE NEWER TITLES CONTAIN TONS OF SPOILERS FOR THE EARLIER TITLES. Excellent instincts to not watch them.
Many gamers grew up playing these games and have many fond memories of them. I argue that they are a MUST PLAY if you own an Xbox. The gameplay defined cover-based shooters ever since, and though it may take time to get used to, feels amazing once you master it.
I am sure many would be excited to share their experiences of this series with you through a playthrough.
I’m replaying them for the umpteenth time. It’s my favorite Xbox franchise, and my favorite gaming universe. It’s story heartly complex, and oddly realistic. Have fun!
Gears 4 and 5 are there too...but 1 to 3 is epic ❤ Best of all. 4 and 5 graphics are awesome 😎
Gears of War is what many think of when they think dude bro gaming. And to an extent, they're right. It's blowing things up to a great soundtrack with a bunch of jacked men in power tank tops. But it's also probably the staunchest anti war game I've ever played and if you were alive for the Iraq war's early days, the messages will ring and feel similarly horrific. It's a real feels game.
Yes Queeeeeeen! So excited for this! ❤
Recommend playing them in order
( Just buy Xbox Gamepass, waaaaay cheaper to play them all )
- Gears of War 1 ( Remastered edition )
- Gears of War 2
- Gears of War 3
- Gears of War Judgement
- Gears of War 4
- Gears 5
- Gears of War E- DAY ( Coming Soon )
- Bonus game - Gears Tactics
I was always a ps kid. Played halo, loved them. I was only jealous of 360 players when Gears came out.
So funny, i've seen the first trailer about a 1000 times, and everytime at the end of the first trailer, i still get chills. What an amazing trailer and series.
PLAY IT! I just recently did (lifetime PS gamer) because of the E-Day trailer.
If you like Mass Effect and Halo. Gears of War is for you!
YESS PLEASE GEAR OF WAR Playthrough!
These games really are great
You can also watch the gears of war eday trailer since it’s a prequel to the games. It takes place 14 years before gears 1
This is the only series I’ve ever played where I actually cared about what happens to the characters
Gears 3 is still my favorite gears game and then after that 5
FINALLY someone reacting to Rendezous with Death, its my all time favorite Gears trailer.
You will love gears of war i promise you! If you love halo you will love this, its a little more action packed and emotionally intense then halo but believe you me you will enjoy this game. 😊
Gears and Halo was peak-men learning about masculinity and emotions at the same time. Sacrifice and Love. It’s so good for people to have art at the right time. It’s almost lost now.
You need to play all Gears of War games. For me Gears of War is best Xbox exclusive.
For as bombastic and action packed as the trilogy is, Gears honestly has a lot of heart to it. The ads are honestly just a hint at it.
@MegMage the Gears franchise is definitely worth playing. It is the other big title on Xbox along with the Halo franchise. With just as many games. 1, 2, 3, judgement including the aftermath champagne, Tactics, 4, and 5.
Top 5 greatest gaming trilogies of all time
Fyi there is a remastered version of the first game if you want to play that
This is one of the classics. TH-cam recommended you from similar suggestions, but I can say without a doubt this is a great series. It has it's own unique art style, characters, and story which really raises some questions along the way. I would start right off from the original Gears of War and go from there. The story through the series kind of expects you to have started from the beginning to understand where it's at; though I'm not sure about five and onward. Every now and then I go back to play just to experience this era of gaming, along with Halo and some others. I would say this was some of the foundation laid for the early xbox days.
I just finished replaying this franchise and i forgot all the emotions, its a great franchise, personally 2 was the best imo . You will be hooked imo more than halo (and thats hard to say since ive read all 30 of halos novels and games)
Gears of war universe is in my top 3 favorite Shooter games
With Halo And Mass effect universes
these games were the reason I got a Xbox when they came out on the console
The games are insanely good, also very emotional for sure though. Extremely recommend playing them.
There was another Gears of War 3 trailer, “We’re All Stranded Now,” which also serves as a rundown of the first two games
If your into monster dudes with guns this one might be for you, very cool creature design.
Oh boy lets go and man you are for in brothers in arms treatment
If you cried in Halo you'll absolutely bawl in the gears of war trilogy. Some of the hardest hitting scenes in gaming.
Gears of War 2 is my favorite game of all time, but the whole original trilogy is amazing! I would also recommend playing them in order because their stories are connected, and you would lack context if you started with 2 or 3.
There’s also a Gears of War Ultimate edition trailer if you’d like to see that (It’s the not Mad world one) It takes place before Gears of war 4
You can see how close the Halo and Gears of War trailers how they don't tell you much to anything that us happing and the only way you can get your answers is to play the game😂
I've been waiting for this yesssssss
Play 1-2-3-judgement then play 4-5 then once you finish then watch the trailer for Gears of War Eday, also if you want another fun series to play have a look at the Darksiders games :)
One of the best trilogies in gaming history
Cant wait for you to play Gears, one of the best games in whole gaming history
Just revisted the series for the first time in over 10 years. I forgot how much I love the world and characters. Other series you should try is Metal Gear Solid and Alan Wake.
Gears of war E-Day is the start of the war between the Locust and humanity. It’s supposed to be Day one when a lot of details about that day are kinda 50/50 on what went on. At least I what I remember isn’t too well known.
Did you know the gears of war was inspired by a break up one of the devs had.
My favorite part of gears of war, is that you can use downed enemies as meat shields. lol
Crazy excited to see you play this, deffo one of my favourite game series! It's a basic 3rd person cover based shooter with some of the richest and most beautiful story elements. You're gonna have a blast I'm sure. Good call stopping at gears 3 trailer, major spoilers ahead
Yeahhh, that’s a nice friend ❤. Say thanks from all the meg community
The trilogy was pretty fun
I'm so glad to hear your friend is sending you an Xbox one so you can play Halo 5!
I would say to help the story make more sense you need to watch the Halo 4 Spartan Ops cutscenes.
Oh God I remember when gears first came out. I feel old.
The trailers can show you a bit but the books it's dark but good, Best series My sister and me played this since 360
It’s so nice of your friend to send you an Xbox One just for Halo 5
play them in order also they are hilarious at the same time
as someone with thousands of hours in these games you absolutely should play them
I'm grateful to you for making this channel.😊🎉
"I came here to laugh, not to feel" -everyone playing gears
I don’t comment on things a lot but these games are amazing and I’m not even an x box guy
theres a really good fan trailer called: "gears of war 3 what have i become?" you oughta look at
fiel a mi palabra seré y a esa cita no fallaré. My favorite trailer.
@megmage, you can play all the halo games on Xbox series X/S, the gears series is an Xbox exclusive game.